tickling

tickling
    adj 1: exciting by touching lightly so as to cause laughter or
           twitching movements [syn: {tickling}, {tingling},
           {titillating}]
    n 1: the act of tickling [syn: {tickle}, {tickling},
         {titillation}]
    

Tickle \Tic"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tickled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tickling}.] [Perhaps freq. of tick to beat; pat; but cf.
   also AS. citelian to tickle, D. kittelen, G. kitzlen, OHG.
   chizzil[=o]n, chuzzil[=o]n, Icel. kitla. Cf. {Kittle}, v. t.]
   1. To touch lightly, so as to produce a peculiar thrilling
      sensation, which commonly causes laughter, and a kind of
      spasm which become dengerous if too long protracted.
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            If you tickle us, do we not laugh?    --Shak.
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   2. To please; to gratify; to make joyous.
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            Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. --Pope.
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            Such a nature
            Tickled with good success, disdains the shadow
            Which he treads on at noon.           --Shak.
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73 Moby Thesaurus words for "tickling":
      alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching,
      blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic,
      charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish, enchanting, engaging,
      enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic,
      fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous, hypnotic,
      interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, juicy, lively,
      mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, pleasant stimulation,
      prepossessing, provocative, provoking, provoquant, racy, ravishing,
      readable, rich, seducing, seductive, siren, sirenic, spellbinding,
      spellful, spicy, stimulating, succulent, taking, tantalizing,
      teasing, tempting, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring,
      thought-provoking, tickle, tickliness, ticklish, ticklishness,
      tickly, titillating, titillation, titillative, winning, winsome,
      witching